“…One of the absolute configurations present in palmyrolide A was correctly assigned upon its initial isolation [ 15 ], and the absolute configurations of the remaining stereocentres were later established via total syntheses [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ]. The structurally intriguing laingolides have attracted considerable attention from the synthetic community [ 25 , 26 , 27 ]. In 2018, Dai and co-workers reported the first total synthesis of laingolide B and unambiguously assigned the absolute configuration as depicted in structure 4 [ 27 ] .…”